Penny Wolin

Who is Penny Wolin?

Penny Wolin, also known as Penny Diane Wolin and Penny Wolin-Semple, is an American portrait photographer and a visual anthropologist. She has exhibited solo at the Smithsonian Institution and is the recipient of two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and one grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work is held in institutions such as The New York Public Library and the permanent collection of the National Museum of American History, administered by the Smithsonian Institution. Known for her documentary and conceptual photographs, she has completed commissions for major corporations, national magazines and private collectors. For the past 25 years, she has used photographic portraiture with oral interviews to research Jewish civilization in America.